St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-06
The Credit System at the Wo-
mans Exchange--How to
Run the Motor.
Political Amenities in the
Fourth Ward--A Papers
Uphill Task.
Let the H. & D. tracks Be Low
ered--Colored Reports
Comments by Helot.

hcmM lady can be taken
without hesitation.
\ HJoA There are plenty of
E.HEz1--S s au + a ntS. The
town is full of them.
The eating house is one of the staples of
Minneapolis. And there are plenty of
first-claSs ones, leaving nothing to be
desired but the one thing with which |
started out. The idea is there is not
thoroughly first-class place where gen.
tleman and lady may go after the opera
without the fear they may be thrown
into society not the best in the world.
There are bakeries and diaries, perhaps,
but they are not cafes in the full sense
of the word, and they are not open when
the theaterS are over. The cause OF the
want is this: The moment a really first
class restaurant is under way, it is at
once overrun by that questionable class
of woman kind known as ''chippieS,"
and, though they may be pinks of pro-
priety and decOrum, they brighten OF
their more virtuOuS sisters, or at least
they brighten off the escorts of those
sisters, and usually have the place to
themselves. The prOprietOrs do not OBJ
ject, for the chippies are we'll behaved
and are the most lucrative of customers.
| mentioned this to the owner of one
of the best eating houses in town, and
he replied: Il dispute this on general
principles. So long as woman is re-
spectacle in appearance and is well-be-
haved we know no more. \ lady goes
to theater and takes her seat without
knowing who will be her next neighbOr
and, so long as she behaves herself,
without caring. Why shouldn't it be
the same with an eating house? If a
chippy has the price. and is a lady i'll
appearance, how can we tell, and how
can we keep her out, if we did?' All of
which is quite true, but does not alter
the fact.
The beauties of a glorious credit sys-
TEN were eXemplified at the WOman'S
exchange last week. This institution is
presumably designed to assist deserving
women in their struggles for a liveli-
hood, and doubtless does much good,
but the case refer to is not creditable.
An estimable lady, reduced i'll clrcum-
stances, took some articles to the eX-
change which were accepted and placed
Oh sale, finding ready customer. When
the lady went for her money she was
told that the goods had been sold on
credit and not yet paid for. why"
she exclaimed, do you sell here on
credit?' mot as a rule" was the
reply, ''but this is very
wealthy gentleman. and he probably
forgot to pay" A month passed, and
still the wealthy, but fOrgetful, gentle
man forgot to pay, and still the lady was
kept out of her money. | presume had
the gentleman been poor he would have
been compelled to pay, and the depOS-
itOr would have had her money
promptly, and it might not be out of
place to advise the board of lady mana
gers to sell hereafter to none but those
so poor they cannot have credit. 1t can
not be that this is the usual custom at
the Woman's exchange. If this reaches
the eye of the wealthy but forgetful
gentleman who is indebted to the
WOman'S exchange, it may stimulate
his memory and his check and help the
reputation of the exchange.
Just as many outsiders know how to
run the motor line better than Cal Good
rich does as know how to run newSpa-
per better than the editor. | am one of
those former, and think an improve
ment might be made in one respect.
The principal danger along the motor
lines lies in the frequent passing trains,
and not the rate of Speed. Teams may
be frightened and always Will be, but
the only accidents at all liable to
occur on the line arise from
the meeting of trains. To reduce the
danger to minimum trains are ordered
to come to full stop and give warning
by the gOngS before passing. This they
do, but 1t is not enough. Passengers
can get off only on the outside of any
train, and there is no danger until the
engines approach the rear of the pass
ing train. Ii passenger lives on the
left side of the track he must cross over,
and abOut the only danger is that of be-
ing run down as he crosses. The trains
stop Just as the engines meet, but by
the time each engine reaches the rear of
the other train they are under full head
way again. and might as well have never
checked speed. The order should be
this: Slack speed and, with gongs sound
ing, proceed slowly until the entire
trains lap. so that passengers crossing
behind this train will see and hear the
train on the other track. Few will be
the accidents if this is done. Robert Nc
Farlane would never have been hurt
under this system. At that time the
trains had stopped. with only the ell
gines tapping. and by the time he had
walked around the rear of his train the
other engine had gathered Roadway and
was upon him. Let the plan suggested
here DE adopted.
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{. Fl. Maben, an enterprising and
Democratic citizen of the Fourth ward,
is publishing little leet known as the
Free Lance. 1t is devoted to advertis-
ing his real estate bargains and roasting
Aid. ClOutier. The enmity between
these two men is little singular and
somewhat amusing. They live in the
same ward and have always been politi-
cal rivals. When Cloutier was first
nominated for the legislature, Maben
was a candidate and there was q great
fight in his precinct of Oak Lake. Two
caucusses were held. one of which was
led by j. w. Lawrence and the other by
Maben himself, with Matt Gallagher as
first lieutenant. Each caucus sent set
of delegates and the Lawrence dele
gates were admitted. ClOutier was
nominated, but the Maben men did not
bolt nor sulk. Since then Cioutier and
Maben have had many differences.
Maben is interested in considerable real
estate in his ward and Cloutier has led
the march of public improvements i'll
the way of grades. Maben claims to
have been wronged by grades and, lay
ing it to ClOutier, roastS him in the Free
Lance. And still they are all members
of the Algonquin club and meet there
together as peaceably as turtle doves.
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